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Japan’s Daiya Seto led wire-to-wire, touching at the 50-meter wall already a bodylength in front and extending that advantage throughout the swim. Cal’s Josh Prenot out-split Seto by more than a second on the breaststroke leg, but the Japanese Olympic bronze medalist was still two seconds ahead, and he pulled away on the freestyle.
Seto came in at 4:10.22, knocking more than a second off his own season best 4:11.37 that ranked tops in the world so far this year.
Prenot came in second at 4:14.74, and Great Britain’s Max Litchfield took third in 4:15.84. Those times rank No. 2 and 3 in the world this year behind Seto.
That trio finished 10 seconds ahead of the rest of the field as Litchfield’s younger brother Joe Litchfield took fourth in 4:25.87. Plymouth Whitemarsh’s Andrew Abruzzo was fifth in 4:26.17.
Also swimming in the final were Island’s Josh Zakala (4:27.58), Northridge Area’s Spencer Lehman (4:29.82) and Matthew Jerden (4:32.51).
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